Urgent advice needed! California roof stuck :(

Hopefully a Cali owner can help you soon. This is not the first time a roof has stuck and the braintrust probably has the answer. Good luck. I feel for you.

 

There is a procedure in the owners' manual to manually close the top ... it takes two people and is quite complicated ... it is on page 208 of the US manual you can find a PDF of the manual here:

https://www.ferrarili.com/template/pdf/manuals/ferrari/california.pdf

Alternatively, I would try disconnecting the negative terminal from the battery for a few minutes, then reconnect and see if that will reset things, then try the switch again. If something is broken in the mechanism, that is another issue, of course. It looks as if it's partially open on the left side, so perhaps following the manual open/close procedure you can get everything aligned properly and it will work again. Good luck!

 

I have tried in the past to reset the car. With the key fob...this was copied and pasted from a search...let me know if it works

From 2011; Jcavalie

Keith and ferrarichat to the rescue! I love this community and thanks so much for posting this tip! My roof is now working fine.

Here's what I did: I tried holding the trunk open and door open buttons on the fob for 5s, and nothing happened. Then I started fiddling. I then held the door open button on the fob for 5s and that was the magic. After 5s, it appears the computer reset the locking mechanisms. The fob would then open the trunk. I confirmed nothing was in the way, closed the trunk, and tried to raise the top normally and it worked fine (with the windows going down first, as they should).

Thank you thank you thank you!

 

System overheated just means that it’s cooling down. Leave it for 20min and try again.

I sometimes get that error when I stop the roof halfway to lubricate the seals.

If it’s still refusing to move then there’s the mechanical override that VJD3 described above.

 

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I had a similar situation a year ago with my 2011. It was stuck and the trunk lid was cocked up like yours. I let it sit and could not contact the Tampa Bay Ferrari store until two days later. I drove it to their place and they cleared the problem at no charge. I think it may be safe to drive unless you can hear the hydraulics operating which would be a problem. Good luck. Please post how this comes out.

 

The guys at Tampa Bay took the stuff I had in the trunk and bagged it in a nice Ferrari bag so items wouldn’t be shifting while driving and causing another problem. I put the bag in a box under the shelf. Lesson learned.

 

Appreciate the thread. Good warning. I have stuff floating around in my trunk pretty often.

 

There are four eyelets in the corners of the trunk, if you take two short bungee cords, they are perfect to stretch across in an X pattern to hold anything you might put in there secure.

 

I love a happy ending! To clarify, did they close the roof using the manual tool that you did not have? Or, some other method involving clearing electronic codes.

Reminds me, I should check for those gizmoes!

T

 

Sorry it didn’t work! Glad you have it fixed

 

Hi Lissa and welcome to Ferrarichat!

Glad everything worked out for you.

I’m sure I speak for other members when I say that we’d love to see more pictures of your gorgeous California!

Kind regards,

Nuno.

 

Glad it all worked out in the end. I’m out to the garage to make sure I tie down anything I have in the trunk, that’s a great shot across the bows for others, better to prevent than to fix a problem

 

so what was the issue, dont leave us hanging

 

I know this was a while ago, but I’m having an identical issue, but the trunk is closed. Ferrari Tampa is about an hour from me, so I think I’ll have to drive down there on Monday. They tried to help over the phone, but then said to bring it in. This sucks . Only had the car for 3 weeks.

 

Me again, take it to F of TB they’ll fix it. Have not had any problems since. I’m only 20 minutes away when I’m at my place in FL.

 

Will do. Do you have a name of anybody who helped you?

 

[email protected] Service manager.
[email protected]

 

Thanks so much

 

Nothing but good things to say about these guys. Let them know you’re coming. While they fixed mine I did a Portofino test drive.

 

Oh no! That could be dangerous

 

I have a roof issue with my 2012 cali, just got it 2wks ago.
Should I take to the shop or what?
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https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/roof-failure-again.520187/

If under warranty take it in, if not describe the issue and read one of the many threads for a possible resolution